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type: "Bill"
title: "Cherokee County; Board of Elections; abolition on a date certain; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the board of elections and registration for Cherokee County, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 3830), as amended, so as to provide for abolition of the board on a date certain; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 644"
citation: "Georgia HB 644 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Charlice Byrd", "John Carson", "Jordan Ridley", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Rick Jasperse"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14b88eda-7ab5-4ae6-98e1-5e5731729e55"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fb7fbd95e87943b5f7330a344b4a86588f709f4a3e26e6f3c0b592a1c0dc5739"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 644 (2023_24) — Cherokee County; Board of Elections; abolition on a date certain; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the board of elections and registration for Cherokee County, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 3830), as amended, so as to provide for abolition of the board on a date certain; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 644/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218359.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2025/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216506.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216535.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #225 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **97–71** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #239 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
- Charlice Byrd — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Jordan Ridley — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-01** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 168 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14b88eda-7ab5-4ae6-98e1-5e5731729e55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).